The following photo just caught so many hearts…who knew that horseshoe crabs were so small? Horseshoe crabs have a preference for shallow ocean water, and a recent population decrease has been noticed. Please see link for more details.

Located in Brunswick County on our southern part of the coast, Oak Island has 65 water access points and is one of our most popular coastal areas. Keith Green is a well known photographer to NC Culture. Although he recently discontinued his photography page in order to do more actual photography, we are fortunate that we can still share his work on our FB page.

“I only get a few seconds with offshore dolphins.
As they will come out of nowhere to see what you are, give you a quick shock, circle you once or twice then take off at a high rate of speed.
They dictate how they will be photographed”

Eric Hause

Although Eric does not have a professional page, he is a frequent contributor to our NC Culture page on Facebook

Via Wikipedia: “The Cape Lookout Lighthouse is a 163-foot high lighthouse located on the Southern Outer Banks of North Carolina. It flashes every 15 seconds and is visible at least 12 miles out to sea and up to 19 miles.”